Death comes in yellow : Skarżysko-Kamienna slave labor camp / by Felicja Karay ; translated from the Hebrew by Sara Kitai.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karay, Felicja.

Contributor:

Dr. Jeffrey B. Berlin Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Maṿet be-tsahov. English

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Skarżysko-Kamienna (Concentration camp).

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Forced labor.

History.

Poland.

Jews--Persecutions--Poland.

Jews.

Jews--Persecutions.

Poland--Ethnic relations.

Ethnic relations.

Forced labor--Poland--History--20th century.

Skarżysko-Kamienna (Poland : Concentration camp).

Concentration camps--Poland.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Skarzysko-Kamienna.

Genre:

History.

Penn Provenance:

Berlin, Jeffrey B. (donor)

Physical Description:

xix, 273 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Harwood Academic, [1996]

Summary:

The labor camp of Skarżysko-Kamienna in Poland was established by the munitions firm Hugo Schneider A.G. of Leipzig in 1942. The camp consisted of three sections; a small Jewish camp was attached to each section. Non-Jews in the camp were usually released when their tasks were completed; however, since the Jews were eventually to be exterminated, they received different treatment. The firm's management preferred Jewish slave labor because of the low cost. Ca. 25,000 Jews passed through the Skarzysko camp. The conditions for the Jews were worse than in the concentration camps and the mortality rate was very high. In spring 1944 the shipments of Jews to Skarżysko stopped and the management improved the living conditions enough to ensure the survival of the Jewish work force. Describes the struggle of the Jews in the camp to survive and to preserve human dignity. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism).

Contents:

Comparative Army Ranks

1. The Hasag Enigma. The Early Days

From Lamps to Mortar Shells. The Debate over the Fate of the Polish Armaments Industry and its Consequences. How Hasag Gained Control of the Polish Industries in the Radom District

2. Establishment of the Jewish Forced Labor Camp at Skarzysko-Kamienna: Background and Contributing Factors. Recruitment of Polish and Jewish Workers for the Hasag Plants up to Early 1942. Budin's Personnel Policy at the Skarzysko Plants as a Factor in the Establishment of the Slave Labor Camp. Changes in the Labor Market in the Generalgouvernement and the Early Days of the Skarzysko Camp

3. The Hasag-Skarzysko Camp During the "Radom Period" (August 1942 to July 1943). The "Final Solution" in the Radom District and the "Jew Exchange" System in the Camp. Skarzysko's Role in the Nazi Camp System and Principles of its Organization. Security in the Radom District and its Effects on the Recruitment of Jewish Workers for the Skarzysko Plants

4. Reinforcement of the Camp: Transports from Majdanek and Plaszow. The Enigma of the Transports from Majdanek (Summer, 1943). In the Shadow of the "Erntefest": Circumstances Surrounding the Recruitment of Jews from Plaszow. Hasag-Skarzysko Becomes "Katyn in Generalgouvernement. Why Was the Camp at Skarzysko not Made into a Concentration Camp?

5. The History of the Camp at Werk A and the "Radom Tier" "Ekonomia"

Living Conditions and Early Adjustment. Camp Authorities and Internal Organization. The Hasag Plants

A Source of Life or Death

6. The Struggle to Survive. To Submit or Resist. Was there Help to be Found in the Shadow of the Gallows? New People

New Problems. Shattered Hopes

7. The Kuehnemann-Pollmer Partnership. The Arrivals from Plaszow and the Start of a New Era. Aid from Outside and its Effect on Camp Life. Singing and Card Games

The "Cultural Life" of Werk A

8. The History of Werk B. In the "Dance Halls" of Werk B. In the Camp of the Unknown Commander. Between the Lifegiving Flakes and the "Furrows of Passion" The Pseudo Revolution of the Plaszowites. Sober Reality

9. Under a Cloud of Picric Acid and TNT. The Green Corridor to Hell. The Six Circles of Hell of the Shell Department. "Schmitz"

The Refuge. Kingdom of the Damned

10. The Yellow Kingdom of Lady Markowiczowa. Rise to Power and Establishment of the Dynasty. The Devious Paths of the "Kingdom of Death" The "White House" and its Subjects. The New Pariahs

"Kaelniks" in Werk C

11. "Life Can Be Good

Even in Werk C" Meetings at the Cannons. The Deadly Typhoid Epidemic. The Three-Part Revolution and its Consequences. Singing in the Shadow of the "Frying Pan" The Final Whistle

12. The Last Act. The Fate of the Survivors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-257) and index.

תרגום של: המות בצהב.

Local Notes:

Gift of the Berlin Family, in memory of Dr.Jeffrey B. Berlin.

ISBN:

3718657414

9783718657414

9057022362

9789057022364

OCLC:

34560990

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